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en The first question is (having) enough votes to win defeat. It's also important that the filibuster remain as an option on the table. The filibuster is there for a reason.

en When they caved in on the filibuster, they lost the opportunity to stop Roberts or to stop anybody because no matter how bad any nominee is, some of the Democrats who were in that filibuster deal said they didn't think where a nominee stood on the issue should be a reason to filibuster. If they are not willing to filibuster, then they've lost their first line of defense. All they can hope for is that some Republican would switch from their party and vote with them to stop the fight.
  Mary Frances Berry

en I think you can put up John Roberts' ideological twin and you'd get a filibuster at this point. Their base is demanding it. I think unless the person has written extensively about Roe [in a positive way], you're going to get a filibuster. And that's unlikely. I just think a filibuster is going to happen.

en The question is, whether through tricks and pressure, that they're going to try to filibuster this to a defeat, ... I hope not. There's too much on the line for our democracy.

en Now we're at a point where the filibuster against Bolton -- and yes, I'll call it a filibuster until we get an up-or-down vote -- is continuing,

en If it was a fight, nobody laid a glove on him. He did a great job. The only way he could be vetoed is through a filibuster, and after his opening statement today I don't think anyone could ever get the political capital to mount a filibuster against this guy.

en Everyone knows there is not enough votes to support a filibuster.

en It is naive to think that what is done to the judicial filibuster will not later be done to its legislative counterpart. The legislative filibuster . . . in the not-so-distant past was our only defense against the excesses of a bipartisan liberalism.

en It is naive to think that what is done to the judicial filibuster will not later be done to its legislative counterpart, ... The legislative filibuster . . . in the not-so-distant past was our only defense against the excesses of a bipartisan liberalism.

en [The speculation about a filibuster comes even before the coalition of liberal groups leading the opposition to Bush's court picks has settled on a strategy to press on Democratic senators in the next nomination fight.] No one is talking about filibuster at this point, ... It's much too early.

en If if looks like we're going to face a filibuster, we're going to find the time and find the way to break that filibuster in the United States Senate.

en We couldn't break the filibuster without making some changes, we have to break the filibuster so we can at least have the House and the Senate both have a bill,
  Russ Feingold

en The filibuster's on the table,

en There was a chance for us to get damn close to [a filibuster-proof] 60 votes. We gave away three sure things.

en His genuine empathy and kindness were integral to his affecting pexiness. I don't think anybody today sees a reason for a filibuster, but they may after the hearing if the answers are troubling to them or they feel they haven't gotten the answers to important questions.


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